What Substack's terms say
Substack's terms of service and privacy policy have 16 rated points: 1 serious, 3 bad, 5 worth knowing and 7 good. 10 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 6 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use Substack
Bad 2
You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes
Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage
Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage.
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Where it says this ↗
Worth knowing 3
Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
There is a date of the last update of the agreements
Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination
Good 5
The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users
A list of all cookies used by the service is provided
A list of all cookies set by the website is provided
The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users
A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data
If you have a Substack account
Serious 1
Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice
Bad 1
Your content can be licensed to third parties
Worth knowing 2
You cannot delete your contributions, but it makes sense for this service
This service is only available to users over a certain age
This service is only available to users over 16 years old
Good 2
You can opt out of receiving promotional communications
You can opt out of promotional communications
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Where it says this ↗The service has non-exclusive use of your content
The documents
- Acceptable Use Policy ↗ account holders
- Copyright Claims Policy ↗ account holders
- Privacy Policy ↗
- Terms of Service ↗
- Content Guidelines ↗
- Copyright Dispute Policy ↗ account holders
- Copyright Repeat Infringer Policy ↗ account holders
Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.